Watching these for the second time, I realise just how much I really do love the Sixth Doctor. I think that the BBC was a bit of a bastard with Colin Baker's Doctor. It was a a period of time when Doctor Who wasn't that popular and Michael Grade just wanted to cancel it. I do believe that if Colin Baker had been given better stories and they fixed his Doctor's persona (like they did with the Big Finish audios)he would have been immensley popular and pulled Doctor Who out of the rut it was experiencing. Thankyou for posting this and for letting me have this talk.

James, having just finished rewatching C. Baker's entire run, I was thinking exactly what you just said. I would have loved to see him have another few seasons, or at least some better production on his run.

Alas, neither happened and we are stuck with the Six we see before us: arrogant, bombastic, explosive, insecure and occasionally violent. Just not what Whovians were looking for (if I may speak for us all :) ).

i have just finished all of the colin baker episodes and i must say how much i liked his personality. he brought some very interesting dimension to the character. i did hate the way he dressed though. the one thing that bothered me is that the actual regeneration episode is missing. a real counter climax.

In the Colin Baker list of classic who, it appears Revelation of the Daleks is marked out/striked. You can replace with this playlist I found: http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xy3wo_yimothy_revelation-of-the-daleks/1#video=x7sviw

The Peter Davison to Colin Baker regeneration was shown in the final Peter Davison episode, The Caves of Androzani. Previously, regeneration scenes were repeated at the beginning of the first episode of a new doctor. This "tradition" was not followed in the first Colin Baker episode.

He is a bit of a Diva, but who knows how much of that is bad writing instead of annoying acting. He said himself he disliked his costume and would have liked the leather jacket and jeans the ninth Doctor was given.He has some worthwhile episodes though, and I look forward to his audio work. I am dying to hear (pun not intended) why he refused to show up for his regeneration into the seventh doctor, anyone know what happened?

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